A review by drubinstein
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Another work of fiction that hits hard because it's too easy to believe it could happen. In a post "crisis" America, (the crisis was a really  bad economic downturn), the government has made Chinese/Asian people (and pretty much anyone who is different) scapegoats. Because of this, an asian American mom leaves her husband and young son to keep them safe, and goes into hiding collecting stories from people who have had their children taken from them by the government. It's  a pretty bleak story, and it's really horrible but all too easy to see how it could happen in real life.